My current setup is that each snapin is actually a batch file that calls a generically named installer package. That way I can copy over new packages to the server without having to rebuild snapins inside of FOG.

wow soooo many people/companies are reporting this is in their stuff. Nice job keeping up-to-date James

mastacontrola should be back up. I don’t know what caused it to go down.

There are multiple methods to “deploy” an image to.

The first, and most notorious method to deploy the image is to schedule the task through the FOG Web GUI. Simple login to the FOG GUI and choose the Host management page. Locate your host either by searching or from the list of hosts, select basic task and choose deploy, confirm and you’re set.

The second method is to perform, more or less, the same thing from the Task Page. On the task page, choose list of all hosts, or search for your host and click the down arrow to schedule the task.

The third method is to use a group to deploy the tasks. Using basically the same steps from the host management page, make sure your host is within the relevant group and deploy the task.

The last method, from the top of my head, is as you would like. From the PXE Menu, choose Quick Image. It will load into the the init file and request a username and password. Use the username and password you use to login to the FOG Web GUI. It should schedule the task and reboot the system. Once rebooted your task should begin.

Hope this helps.

Depending on the systems manufacturer, there may be a utility that you can run on the machines to change the BIOS boot settings from within windows.

I was wondering when I would be able to pull this out again:

[URL=‘http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting’]An Educational Video on Forum Posting[/URL]

Yep just switched to:
[FONT=Ubuntu][COLOR=#555555]FOG_TFTP_PXE_KERNEL == [/COLOR][/FONT]bzImage32
[FONT=Ubuntu][COLOR=#555555]FOG_PXE_BOOT_IMAGE == [/COLOR][/FONT]init_32.xz

and worked without issue.

Update:
crap looks like r1439 has fixed this. With this update you no longer need to select the 32bit or 64bit image.

[quote=“buckITall, post: 25106, member: 101”]I am very much interested in this,
Is there a way to create subfolders in the pxe menu?
Such as:

System100-
W7x86
W7x64
W8x86
System 101-
Vista86x
Vista64x
W8.1x86[/quote]

[url]http://www.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Edit_PXE_menu_to_create_sub_menus[/url]

[quote=“Jaymes Driver, post: 25101, member: 3582”]Thanks for letting us know which option numbers to use on this hardware![/quote]
You’re very welcome!

Thank you for your help!!

sorry for not replying right away!

this is exactly what i’m looking for @afmrick

It will be best if you can back up your images, groups, and host lists, then do a complete uninstall. From what I’ve seen even if you get an ‘upgrade’ install to work from 0.32 to 0.33 at this stage, it will be a mess and have a lot of leftovers. After you install 0.33 you should be able to port your images back in, and import your lists. You will also have to recreate your PXE menu. Perhaps before 0.33 goes release Tom will add a built in upgrade, but considering how different the new system is, it might be better for everyone to only grab what they need themselves.

And as for your OS, it should still work, but I would strongly urge your to use a newer release if at all possible.

[quote=“rob barrett, post: 24902, member: 23386”]Why Search when you can Ask a Legend!

Up and running my friend![/quote]

I realize your message is meant to be “cute”, but this is what is wrong with this community!

We don’t mind troubleshooting and helping the find the solution, but the more time we spend spoon feeding capable users takes away from time we could spend fixing bugs.

We spend a number of hours here on our own free will because we LOVE FOG and it’s capabilities, we spend a lot of time making entries in the Wiki so that others can solve their issue.

Please use the search feature.

I can attest to that, I have two UPS’s at home running my machines/network and my power bill has not increased since putting them in.

no x) ,

In fact, i’ll boot on the network then, i’ll deploy in ram a linux kernel with an initramfs.

Then with my kernel and busybox I retrive the serial number of the USB stick and I send it to the server to compare it.

Each SN corresponds to an OS. the SN will tell which OS will be deployed. So that part is done. but in order to deploy the OS I need to tell FOG to deploy that OS. But I don’t know how I can do it without the web interface or the PXE menu

But I also though to do post request on php files

I hate to agree with him but I have made a number of walkthroughs that are easy enough to follow that even a person that has never used linux feels comfortable. Please look in the Tutorials section of the forum!

[url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/ubuntu-installation-for-fog-12-04.9338/[/url]

for example.

Hello I am trying to setup a mobile fog server on a laptop and I just need some direction on how to set it up and etc. . I have installed VMware workstation and I want to make the FOG a virtual fog server. What would be the first steps to setting it up, What type of virtual hardware settings do I need, do I need to install Ubunu and which version, and where do I get the FOG directories or install?

Hi,
the same with me : nearly 8-9 Gb for windows 7.

When my older network was in 100M, reinstalling a machine took 40 min, but now i migrated all into gigabit and the file copy lasts 15 min …

it’s a beta, so there may be bugs etc.

if your worried, use 0.32 or hire someone who knows what they’re doing and let them worry about it 🙂

Tom! thanks that was it, resolved my issue!! thanks to you as well Travis for the info!
I have this all on a workstation (on a 5 port switch) now and want to move it to a laptop or maybe my network if you can point me to a thread that may help with this?

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